Mr. Gonzalez's Science Classes
We have three 6th grade Science classes and two 8th grade Science classes blogging here from the Pacific Northwest in Chimacum, WA! Sixth graders are learning a bit about Mt Saint Helens, environmental science through fresh water ecology, and physical science this year. Eighth graders are learning about life science this year. Please join us as we learn Science by exploring our world.
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Article posted October 1, 2012 at 07:27 AM GMT-8 •
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I, Mr. G, and the 6th graders are back! Time to settle in to the routine that will carry us along this great school year. I wrote about the Mt Saint Helens experience a bit on my teacher blog.
Here are some pictures I took from the Johnston Ridge Observatory:
Article posted October 8, 2012 at 08:35 AM GMT-8 •
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The lava type of Mt. Saint Helens is High Water/High Silica. Mt. Saint Helens eruption type is a "Large" Eruption type. I also learned that Mt. Saint Helens, when it blew up, the ash circled the world. Mt. Saint Helens eventually maybe will build itself back up again because the lava dome keeps growing every day. So Mt. Saint Helens maybe will build itself up, but that might be 10,000 years from now.
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Article posted October 10, 2012 at 08:24 AM GMT-8 •
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composite
high silica and a laterol
that mt.st.helens was an a big impact the towns around around it.
i think if it grows 1oo feet every 2 years the it will be a full mountain agian.
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Article posted October 10, 2012 at 08:32 AM GMT-8 •
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1.Mount st.helens is a shield volcaneo.
2.A lateral blast.
3.Ileard that mount saint Helens euped
On its side.
4.mount saint Helens erupted on May,18,1980
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Article posted October 10, 2012 at 08:18 AM GMT-8 •
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What type of valcano is Mt. Saint Helens?
cinder cone.
What lava type and eruption type is Mt. St. Helens?
dacite which is 65 percent silicia.
What else did you learn about Mt. St. Helens?
It Destroid most of the landscape around it in 1980.
Do you think Mt. St. Helens will rebuild itself again?
No, it is pretty blown up.
Article posted October 10, 2012 at 08:18 AM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 26, 2012 at 04:36 PM GMT-8 •
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Have you ever wondered what type of volcano MT.ST.Helens is?Well, I can tell you the anser. Mt.St.Helens is an composite volcano.Most of my classmates think she is a sheild or a cinder cone volcano.Hawaii is made out of sheild volcanos.
Article posted October 26, 2012 at 04:36 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 5, 2012 at 08:30 AM GMT-8 •
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it space has a pyroclastic flow when it erupted it covered houses, trees,rivers, and a lot more it has a type of lava called dacite it can get very hot i think Mt. saint Helens will never rebuild its self because it does not have very many eruptions any more
Article posted October 5, 2012 at 08:30 AM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 10, 2012 at 08:35 AM GMT-8 •
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The lava type of Mt. St. Helens is High Water/High Silica. Mt. st. Helens eruption type is a "Large" Eruption type. I also learned that Mt. St. Helens, when it blew up, the ash circled the world. Mt. St. Helens eventually maybe will build itself back up again because the lava dome keeps growing every day. So Mt. Saint Helens maybe will build itself up, but that might be 8,000 years from now.
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Article posted September 28, 2012 at 11:12 PM GMT-8 •
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MT ST Helens is a composite volcano with dacite lava and had a large eruption type. I learned that the lava dome is much larger then i expected. I do think that MT ST Helens will rebuild its self to a full mountion again. oh and its still really pretty!
Article posted September 28, 2012 at 11:12 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 4, 2012 at 04:13 PM GMT-8 •
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mt.st.helans is a mountain or as most call it a volcano but this volcano does not shoot out red lava its lava is hot hot rocks and because of its last eroptchen you can see the lava dome it hould take thousand of years to re build its self and eroupt agian so you have nothing to worry about.
Article posted October 4, 2012 at 04:13 PM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 21, 2012 at 10:35 AM GMT-8 •
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Mt Saint Helens is a composite volcanoe. Mt Saint Helens lava type is high silica.The eruption was lateral.I learned that Johnson's ridge
provided a barrier for the land slide and blast forcing it to continue in a different direction.I do not think that Mt Saint Helens will ever rebuild it's self quite to what it was before the eruption. But I do think that it will continue to gradully grow, and in a 1,000 years it will look nothing like it does now.
Article posted October 21, 2012 at 10:35 AM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 8, 2012 at 08:35 AM GMT-8 •
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Mt Saint Helens is a composite volcano.It had a lateral blast and it's lava is a high silica high water type.I also know that Mt Saint Helens is about 8000 ft, it erupted 1980. I don't think Mt Saint Helens is gonna form into a full mountain because when it erupted, it exploded so badly, that it'll take forever just to rebuild the side.
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Article posted October 8, 2012 at 08:22 AM GMT-8 •
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Mt st helens had the bigest land slide in history.It is aslo a compisite volcano.Mt st helens has hi water hi sylica lava.i do not think that mt st helens will turn back into a full mountain
Article posted October 8, 2012 at 08:22 AM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 10, 2012 at 08:23 AM GMT-8 •
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Mt. St. Helens is a composite volcano, because when it erupted, it exploded as well. Composite volcanoes also do this, therefore Mt. St. Helens is also a composite volcano. Mt St. Helens is a high water/high silica volcano, because high water/high silica explodes violently, erupts massive amounts of ash, and superheated steam. I also learned that Mt. St. Helens' ash plume flew as far as Idaho and other surrounding South-West areas. I think that Mt. St. Helens will surely rebuild itself eventually. When I say eventually, I mean in the next 100 to 300 years.
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Article posted October 8, 2012 at 08:36 AM GMT-8 •
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Mt. Sa, helen is a Shield cone volcano. The type of lava came out of Mt. Sa Helen is magma. It is very sticky too. During the past 4,000 years, Mount Sa.helen has erupted more frequently then any other volcano. Most of mount saint helen is younger than any of the pyramids of egypt. On of mt. saint helen erupt may 18, 1980. if mount saint helen erupts again it will be very small. And it will not madder.
Article posted October 8, 2012 at 08:36 AM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 8, 2012 at 10:29 AM GMT-8 •
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MT SAINT HELLENS WAS AWESOME. That was the first time I have seen the mountain in my life. The bad thing was the wildfires were fogging up our view. I did not get Johnston
Ridge packet done to my goal. Mt. saint helens is compisite. I did not get this far. I learned that the ash could fly all the way to yakima washington. It could who knows it could it could not
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Article posted October 9, 2012 at 10:28 AM GMT-8 •
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Mt. St. Helen's is a composite volcano. It has high water high silica lava so that means it is very destructive. In fact it was so destructive that in the may 18, 1980 eruption, it destroyed 4,000 feet of it self. That proves that it was very destructive. I do think that in a few hundred years, Mt. St. Helens will be a giant mountain again by rebuilding it self. What do you think it will do in a few hundred years?
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Article posted October 28, 2012 at 08:43 PM GMT-8 •
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Mt St Helens is a composite volcano.
The lava type is high water/high silica, the eruption type is a large volcanic eruption.
I learned that Mt St Helens has erupted a lot of times, and that it is really big.
And I think that someday Mt St Helens could rebuild itself into a full mountain again.
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Article posted October 10, 2012 at 10:16 AM GMT-8 •
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1. Mt.St.Helens is a composite volcano.
2.Mt.St.Helens lava type is high water low Silica.This type of lava is very exposive.
3.I learned that when Mt.St.Helens erupted it destroyed and took the life out of everything. But on one side it only took the life out of everything.
4. I am not a hundred percent sure wether Mt.St.Helens will rebuild its self into a full mountain again but I think it is possible that Mt. St.Helens can rebuild its self again.
Article posted October 10, 2012 at 10:16 AM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 7, 2004 at 10:00 PM GMT-8 •
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Dormant since the 1950s until May 1980, about 10 to 25 miles per hour was the velocity over 50 miles per hour at the steep flanks of volcano. Eruption cloud reached about 80,000 feet in less than 15 minutes.
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Article posted November 3, 2012 at 09:18 AM GMT-8 •
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Mt.St.helens was the biggest explosion in 1980.
Mt.StHelen is a dormant volcano which means that
it is not active. My group got to watch a movie
about the explosion in 1980. The ash was spread
all over the world in 15 days. All the trees in
the area flooded spirit lake that day.
Article posted November 3, 2012 at 09:18 AM GMT-8 •
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Article posted October 5, 2012 at 12:26 PM GMT-8 •
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I think Mt.St.Helens is a composite volcanoe with a high silica/low water lava type and a large eruption type.I think Mt.St.Helens withh build itself into its previous state again but it will take a few hundred years.
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Article posted October 5, 2012 at 12:14 PM GMT-8 •
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1. MT Saint Helens has a large eruption and a high water high silica
2. I learned that there was a lot of damage caused by the eruption and landslide of MT Saint Helens
3. Yes I think that MT Saint Helens will rebuild itself into a full mountain.
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Article posted October 8, 2012 at 12:16 PM GMT-8 •
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Mt. St. Helens is a composite volcano its lava type is high water high silica and I think Mt. St. Helens will rebuild itself but not as big as it was before the eruption in 1980.
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Article posted October 10, 2012 at 12:19 PM GMT-8 •
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What type of volcano is Mt. St. Helen's? A) Mt. St. Helens is a composite volcano
What lava type and eruption type is Mt. St. Helen's? A) High Water/High Silica, and a large eruption
What else did you learn about Mt. St. Helens? A) I learned that there was a big landslide before the eruption
Do you think Mt. St. Helens will rebuild itself in to a mountin again? A) Yes, because the lava dome is building all the time and can erupt again but small eruptions
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Article posted October 8, 2012 at 12:06 PM GMT-8 •
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Mt St Helens is a composite volcano.
Its lava type is high water/high silica.
I learned that Mt St Helens pretty much wiped out the area around it.
I think maybe after a loooonnnnggggg time it might be able to form itself into a full mountain again.
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Article posted October 11, 2012 at 05:05 PM GMT-8 •
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1.what type of volcano is Mt.Saint Helens?
compostie.
2.What lava type and eruption type is Mt Saint Helens?
High water/High silica.A "large"eruption type.
3.What else did you learn about Mt Saint Helens?
Mount Saint Helens erupted on May 18 1980.
4.Do you think Mt Saint Helens will rebuild itself into a full mountain again?
Yes,I think Mount Saint Helens probbly will rebuild itself but it will take a long time like a few thousand years.
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Article posted October 5, 2012 at 07:59 PM GMT-8 •
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mt. st. helens is a composite voulcano.
the type of eruption mt. st. helens had was a laterel blast.the type of lava it had was high water/high silica.
i learned that mt. st. helens blew again in 2004. (weird)
yes. ithink mt. st. helens will rebuild to a full moutain again because the lava dome has rebulid up to 920 feet tall when the eruption in 1980 it blew the lava dome away.
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Article posted October 5, 2012 at 08:31 AM GMT-8 •
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Mount saint helens is Strato composite volcano, I think mount saint helens will rebuild Its self Mount saint helens lava type is high silica large euruption type.It exploded miles high. I think it will rebuild its self becuse of how fast things are already expanding vertically !
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Article posted October 24, 2012 at 10:21 AM GMT-8 •
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Mt Saint Helens is a strato or composite volcanoe. This type of volcanoe has small craters in their summits and the sides take a diagonal plumit to earths crust. The lava type for Mt. Saint Helens is Low water/ High silica which means its very thick and slow sort of like molasis. Now the eruption type for Mt Saint Helens was a large volcanic eruption. The large volcanic eruption posseses possibe threats such as super heated steam, pulverized rock, gigantic clouds of volcanic ash, rock avalanches, asphyxiating gases and, if the volcanoe has snow caps like Mt St Helens did then huge mudflows could also be another threat. Some day I do think Mt Saint Helens will rebuild its self back up after many small eruptions. Another fact about Mt Saint Helens is that the ash from the eruption was found about 2,000 miles away in Oklahoma from the volcanoe.
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Article posted October 9, 2012 at 10:21 AM GMT-8 •
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Mt. St. Helens is a composite volcano, its lava is high silica high water. Mt. St. Helens eruption was a lateral blast because it went side ways and up. I also learned that Mt. St. Helens had worse eruptions before recorded history. Also the land slide was one of the largest. I infer that Mt. St. will over hundreds maybe thousands of year rebuild because its lava dome is slowly increasing in size. That is what I learned about Mt. St. Helens
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About the Blogger
I started my teaching career in South Central Los Angeles teaching in modified to full bilingual 4th and 5th grade classes. Then I moved to WA State where I have taught mainly 6th through 8th grade. I have enjoyed the culture clash but notice that kids are the same everywhere :o)
My areas of interest are science and technology but I also love studying ancient cultures and learning about different peoples and cultures.
